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Outlook Express 6 (another question)

Jun 9, 2005 7:22AM PDT

Can anyone tell me how I can receive email that does not have my name/email in the To: field. I sometimes get email that is addressed to one of my co-workers, and I am NOT in either the TO or the CC fields.

How does the mailserver know to direct it to me?

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You can't. However people can send it that way with SPOOF..
Jun 9, 2005 10:02AM PDT

SPOOFING is what it is called and I will not answer what SPOOFING is since it's at google.com You only need to know the term to begin the journey.

Bob

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But I thought that only applied to where the email is from
Jun 10, 2005 3:16PM PDT

I googled on spoofing, then on email spoofing. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough but everything I've come across has to do with the FROM address being spoofed, or made to appear different than the actual sender.

I am talking about the TO address. I get spam that has a co-workers name but not mine, neither in the TO or the CC field.

I know I have gotten things that say they are to ''undisclosed recipient'' where I am on a newsletter list or a group list that someone has set up.

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A simple example.
Jun 11, 2005 12:43AM PDT

Send an email to...

somebody@somewhere.com

Now add your address to the BCC list.

You might get this effect.

-> It's all there for you to research. It's sad that the spec didn't take into account how people would abuse it.

Bob